Sunday, September 21, 2008

in bristol...

while we were walking around bristol, we decided to stop to have lunch in a lovely public square. as christopher waited patiently in line for our falafel, i looked for a seat. now, we had recently been discussing our need to be more outgoing with strangers.... and thinking this might be a good time to talk to a local, i decide to take the bench next to the little old lady sitting all alone. little old ladies sitting all alone like to talk, right? well, i turned out to be a little too right about that one. she was very nice, and lovely, but by the time christopher got to us with the food, she had already asked me "and where will you be staying tonight?" four times! she wanted to hear all about our trip, but couldn't remember what she had already asked just a few seconds earlier. it began to get a little bit funny. she told us we should really take a walk down the river (where i told her we had come FROM) at least 8 times. chrsitopher sounded so enthralled each time, i had to cover my laughter with a napkin.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

So Cute. Keep talking to the old ladies. They are gems.